Banal Motivation by Steve Baylis

Artwork

Banal Motivation

Medium
Oil and cold wax on Baltic birch panel
Series
Series 1
Process
Stained and bleached panel, transparent gesso, five transparent glazes, large initial marks, five further glazes, then smaller marks and highlights.

Marks extracted from this painting form part of the Rebirth library.

Artwork note

Dark blue-green, violet, and olive shapes establish the outer field. Toward the centre, smaller marks in pale blue, green, white, red, and yellow gather into a brighter, more tightly worked passage. Larger underlying shapes remain visible around that concentration, showing the movement from broad forms to smaller marks.

Details

Surface, colour, and mark at close range.

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